Thanks so much guys for getting it back up. When I get paid later this week I'm gonna be donating a bit to the site.
Throughout this month, we will be testing new features (like search) so you may experience some hiccups from time to time. We'll try to not be too disruptive...
Downtime!
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I'm still arguing with our hosting site to get refunded for the last 30 days at least. They are insisting we "copied an infringing image onto our servers" and I've literally provided them a screenshot of the HTML code that shows the image is not hosted on our site so there's nothing to remove. It's copyright overreach so I'm filing a DMCA counter notice and also notified the complainant. To my knowledge copyright protection over URL's is a gray area, but it's only really enforceable when the URL itself is knowingly pointing at infringing content (IE: intentionally providing links to pirated music or video); in our case the link was to licensed content– we were basically advertising for the seller, yet they filed a DMCA.
We were given three days to correct the reported content before services were shut down, and I was late to see the email amidst work priorities. As of the beginning of March, in anticipation and then reaction to COVID/Coronavirus stuff, me and a few other engineers at work were building out a solution to allow ~1500 people at our offices to work remotely. We're also in the middle of a merger with another org, so it's been a busy month, otherwise I could have removed the "infringing content" much quicker and had us back online much sooner.
It was literally a URL to some eCommerce site that was selling the painting.
Maybe you should find someone who can do your job when your busy so you don't have to have so much burden.
Currently writing a book
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I think it says a lot that even though this forum was down for weeks, I kept refreshing the page several times a day to see if it was back up. APforums has become such an integral part of my everyday life that it felt truly weird to not be able to access the forums for such a long amount of time. Thank you brennen, Foolio and everybody else who worked hard to bring the site back!
This place is very dear to my heart and I know I'm not alone.
Wow, I thought I was the only one that was checking couple times a day to see if the board was back. I'm happy that the board is back. Also thanks to everyone to that do the behind the scenes stuff to keep this message board around.
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Just realized that we came back on 4/20. So does that mean this is all a drug-based shared hallucination? :ninja:
But for real, thanks so much for all the hard work getting things back up and running! We appreciate what you do. :happy:
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The weird insight when a One Piece fan-forum remained the only constant in your life in the past 7+ years.
One Piece in general, actually.
Thanks for your efforts, Brennen & Friends. I know nothing lasts forever, this site will go down eventually at one point, but hopefully not like this. Not just poof and that's that.
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The weird insight when a One Piece fan-forum remained the only constant in your life in the past 7+ years.
One Piece in general, actually.
Thanks for your efforts, Brennen & Friends. I know nothing lasts forever, this site will go down eventually at one point, but hopefully not like this. Not just poof and that's that.
haha, ove only been here for 7 years, but I have an other forum about a Naruto flash game, which I am active since 2006, crazy 14 years!
It is a shame a lot fo forums and communities died throughout the years, let's hope for Ap to stay alive as long as possible!
Thank you for the site to be back on!
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So, can I have that image's name and search criteria to use it as a destruction weapon on other forums?
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Oh my god. I don' know if I can remember a time before apforums went down. I don't know how I'll readjust.
…eh, I'll manage.
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This downtime took years off my life.
But now the forum's back, and the anime's on hiatus.
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Thank you for your hard work, Brennen. I'm sorry you have to deal with all this.
Are there precautions we should take to make sure we don't post another picture or anything that could get this site another dmca?
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The forums, like Jinbei, have made their glorious return.
Thank you to everyone working behind the scenes!
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Hey guys, I have access to lots and lots (and lots…) of hosting and/or can help with bills if it'd help. Sad to not have my forums to lurk on after all these years.
Good to see it back.
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Thaaaaanks guys for the hardwork!!!
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Omg we're back! Thanks to the team for managing this forum.
(It was rough being internet homeless for the past… weeks? Month? Gladtobehome)
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@joekido:
Maybe you should find someone who can do your job when your busy so you don't have to have so much burden.
I'm not necessarily the only one with access to the server, but in this case it was tied to billing and ownership over the server so the buck has to stop somewhere, right?
@Mr.:
Are there precautions we should take to make sure we don't post another picture or anything that could get this site another dmca?
Not really, no. Don't worry about it.
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I still don't understand what happened. Can someone explain me in a layman's language?
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it–always.”
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Glad to see this site is back. Without it, I had to get my spoiler from shudders Reddit. Thanks for all of your hard work guys. Especially Brennen
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Glad to see this site is back. Without it, I had to get my spoiler from shudders Reddit. Thanks for all of your hard work guys. Especially Brennen
THIS! I have to resort to that site for 2-3 weeks, really out of my comfort zone.
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Holy moly! im glad its back! kinda worry for the last few months huhuhuhu
stay safe guys
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Nice, AP forums is back.
I survived the downtime, but it was a bit unexpected… -
Thanks god, I though I was gonna die in those reddit fanart…
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Praise be .
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Aaaaaaaaand we're back! I really thought this might have been the end for Arlong Park. There's so much history and information here that needs to be preserved for the future.
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I kept clicking on the tab only to wait five minutes for it to load and not get anything. :lol:
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Shoutouts to you Brennen for dealing with this whole mess, thank you for the time you spent for it so that we can…waste some time here
Also a big thank you to all the other admin/mods who were involved dealing with all this, we´re glad having you around here dealing with internet shenanigans^^ -
We back! Felt really weird not visiting this site
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It´s back! I´m so very happy. Thanks to Brennen and everybody invoveld to bringing the site back.
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Out of curiosity who is our hosting provider?
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geat you are back. thanks for the work.
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Is the poster banned for posting they pic?
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Good to see AP is still alive & kicking. Would've been sad to loose yet another constant in these dark times! Tyvm to everyone who put in time & effort to bring this page back!
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Woohoo! I thought the site of gone forever :sad:
Thank you admin for all your hard work in helping in bringing it back! :3
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I Didnt know how important Apforums was to me until it went down.
Glad you guys are back, times like this make me appreciate the beauty of this forums
EDIT: Holy hell im in this forums from oct 2014 ? im pretty sure i was also lurking as a guest until you guys decided to make spoilers members only. That more than ~10 YEARS youve been in my life guys..
Kudos !!
Missed Yall
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Basically our host just instantly sides with the DMCA and takes sites offline, regardless of whether the claim is valid (this one was pretty full of crap, considering it was linking a public image hosted by the owner).
Sad to hear that.. DMCA reminds me of one of the reasons about another ONE PIECE forum called "Oro Jackson Forums"' shutting down last year.
They said,
A few months back, we were on the receiving end of multiple false DMCA complaints. Even after having complied with existing copyright laws we were harassed and bullied.
Here is the details on Oro Jackson Forums. Thread title is "Oro Jackson needs your help to fight against corporate bullying".
https://web.archive.org/web/20190713074606/https://orojackson.com/threads/oro-jackson-needs-your-help-to-fight-against-corporate-bullying-by-comeso.43533/Bren was also pretty busy, as can be expected given the current situation
It must've been a tough work. Thank you so much brennen and Foolio for running this awesome forum!!
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Great to see Arlong Park is back
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Welcome back AFP!
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Sad to hear that.. DMCA reminds me of one of the reasons about another ONE PIECE forum called "Oro Jackson Forums"' shutting down last year.
They said,
Here is the details on Oro Jackson Forums. Thread title is "Oro Jackson needs your help to fight against corporate bullying".
https://web.archive.org/web/20190713074606/https://orojackson.com/threads/oro-jackson-needs-your-help-to-fight-against-corporate-bullying-by-comeso.43533/It must've been a tough work. Thank you so much brennen and Foolio for running this awesome forum!!
Jeez, OJ got shut down because people said "g'day"?
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I was so scared. I thought you were gone. (。﹏。*)
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Damn section popped up and I thought it was me getting a star
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Glad you're back. Might not be as active anymore but I still like to pop in and read every now and then.
Feels weird but AP is one of those few sites that feels just like it did when I first joined, so I'd be sad to see it go. -
Server was hung. It always picks the worst times. I'm on vacation right now so it took a minute for me to be able to load up from some free wifi but things are back online.
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Thanks again brennen!
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Thanks brennen! Enjoy your vacation!
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Blessed be the overlords of the site for such a short down time.
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The site continues to be too angry to die.
Thanks much for all the hard work.
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Like an anime protagonist, no matter how many times it's down, it always gets back up.
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Thank you for all your hard work in getting in back up! :happy:
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Server was hung. It always picks the worst times.
When this happens during Chapter 1000, we might have a real crisis.
